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The Catacomb

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Not to be confused with Catacomb.

The Catacomb
The Catacomb cover
Developers
John Carmack
Publishers
Softdisk
Flat Rock Software
Release dates
DOS 1991
Windows (DOSBox) March 14, 2013[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) March 14, 2013[1]
Taxonomy
Series Catacomb
The Catacomb on MobyGames
Catacomb
Catacomb 1989
The Catacomb 1991
Catacomb 3-D: The Descent 1991
Catacomb Abyss 1992
Catacomb Armageddon 1993
Catacomb Apocalypse 1993

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Use DOSBox or CatacombSDL.
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Entire series. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2]
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Source Port

A source port was produced as part of the inducement for the rights holder to release the game's source code.

Name Description
CatacombSDL Port of the game to modern systems using SDL.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\CTLPANEL.CA2
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\GAME*.CA2
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Save files are named matching the slot (GAME1.CA2 to GAME9.CA2).

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Settings.
Settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA, EGA
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Use CatacombSDL for 64-bit.
macOS (OS X)
64-bit is only confirmed for CatacombSDL, according to its v1.03 release notes.[3]
Linux
Requires CatacombSDL

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU) XT, 286, 386, 486
System memory (RAM) 640K
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) CGA, EGA
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Release: Catacombs Pack ● GOG.com
  2. List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
  3. CatacombSDL 1.03 - last accessed on 8 August 2022
    "Binaries are compiled for OS X 10.5+ (64-bit Intel), (…)"